A text in this language features a little-known god named Lur, whose name is also found on many votive candelabra. A bronze statue of a man raising his right arm, commonly known as The Orator, features an inscription written primarily in this language. This language, used to write a guide for mummification on a linen book named for Zagreb, was grouped with Rhaetic and Lemnian by Helmut Rix. The Tyrrhenika was a history of the people who spoke this language, whose last speakers included the Emperor Claudius. People who spoke this non-Indo-European language were the [emphasize] first inhabitants of cities like Veii and Alba Longa. For 10 points, Latin was influenced by what language that was spoken by the predecessors to the Romans in Italy? ■END■
ANSWER: Etruscan [accept Etruscans]
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